80yearold man dies in Brunswick tractortrailer crash
Nov 04, 2026
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- An 80-year-old North Carolina man was killed after a tractor-trailer hit him on Interstate 85 in Brunswick County in late October.
On Monday, Oct. 26, just before 5 a.m., troopers with Virginia State Police (VSP) responded to a deadly crash on I-85 southbound near Ol
d Stage Road.
Officials said a vehicle was stopped in the right lane while the driver stood behind it when a tractor-trailer hit the driver and the vehicle. The impact from the truck caused the vehicle to be pushed into a ditch. The truck also ran off the road, hit a guardrail and overturned.
VSP identified the man hit as 80-year-old James Hillard Wise of Raleigh, N.C., who died at the scene.
VSP continues to investigate this crash. ...read more read less